ISO 639-3 · kckkck
Niger–Congo family
Kalanga
Kalanga is a language of the Shona languages branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Zimbabwe and Botswana. Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language of Zimbabwe and Botswana”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kck- Glottocode
kala1384- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 20 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
9levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Kalanga |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kalanga language, Ikalanga, TjiKalanga |
| Official in | Zimbabwe |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Kalanga
The branches above Kalanga, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Zimbabwe
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalxhoXhosaNiger–Congo · 19.2 m1 · NationalnyaChewaNiger–Congo · 12 m3 · Wider CommunicationafrAfrikaansIndo-European · 7.2 m1 · NationaltumTumbukaNiger–Congo · 7 m4 · EducationalsotSesothoNiger–Congo · 6 m1 · NationaltsnTswanaNiger–Congo · 4.5 m1 · NationaltsoTsongaNiger–Congo · 4 m1 · NationalndeNorthern NdebeleNiger–Congo · 1.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationvenVendaNiger–Congo · 1.3 m1 · National